Vehicle-spring



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. W. BOUGHTON.

VEHICLE SPRING.

110.310,175. il) Patenzted Jan. 6, 1885.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

(No Model.) v

W. BOUGHTON.

VEHICLE SPRING.

Patented Jan. 6, 1885.` .F7/g? IINTTnD STATES lVIIIIIIAM BOUGIITON,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF CALEDONIA, OHIO.

VEHICLE-SPRING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,175, dated January 6, 1885.

Application filed June 2, 1584.

To (LZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I WILLLITI BoUGH'roN, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Caledonia, in the county of Marion and `Sit-ate of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Springs; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the aecompanyin g drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ot' this specification. r

My invention relates to side-bar vehicles, and it consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement ofthe several parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a plan, Fig. 2, a side, and Fig. 3 an end View, of my iinproved gear. Fig. 4 is a modified form of hanger and side bar. Fig. represents a modiiied form of side bar. Figs. G and 7 repre sent detail views of clip. Fig. S represents a Inodiiied l'orm of side-bar hanger, all of which will be described.

rPhe bars or holsters A A support the bolstersprings B B. These springs are preferably made in the form shown, with their iniddle portion bolted-to the holsters and their ends elevated above the same. The ends of these springs are bent to form the eyes B', through which pass the bolts which support the hangers, presently described.

The side bars, C, may be made in any desired form, and are suspended at their ends by hangers C from the ends of bolster-springs B. These hangers may be bent in a curve up from the ends ot' the side bars, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or may be at right angles to the side bars, as will be understood fromFigs. 4 and 5.

The plates C2 of the hangers, itwill beseen, form,practically,the side bars of aspring-clip, and the spring is secured thereto by a transverse bolt, C, which clamps the spring between the side bars of the clip. I tnd it de sirable and advantageous to provide these bars and those of the other spring-clips presently described with lugs or ears D, which project (No model.)

inwardly from the upper ends ot the arms ot the clip over the eye ofthe springs and bearing thereagainst, as shown. These ears serve to prevent damage to the eye of the spring and prevent its being broken or injuredinthe jarring ofthe vehicle over rough roads. As the friction of the eye ot' the spring against the side arms of the clip will wear itself and said arms, I prefer to so form the clip that its arms may be adjusted to and against the spring eye, so as to take up all friction-al wear and enable the securing of a firm iit at all times. This adjustment is secured in the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2 by setting the upper bar of the hanger springclip to- 'ard the spring-eye, as will be appreciated.

In the construction shown at the right in Fig. 4 the arms of the clip which clamps the bolster-spring to the side bar have feet or base-plates C C, movable one upon the other, as will be understood `from Fig. 7, so as to secure the desired adjustment, which feet are clamped to the side bar by the ordinary fastening-clip shown. In Fig. 5 the arms of the spring-clip are sleeved on and movable along the side bar, and may be adjusted by means ot' the transverse bolt, as will be understood. In the connection of the body-springs with this form of side bar I sleeve the eyes ot' the spring on the side bar and secure it by the clips E, which have the ears D, and are adjustably secured by means of the set-screws E', as will be understood from said figure;

Except for the purposes of adjustment, as before described, the clips might be made as shown in Figs. -6 and S. .The body-spring supports are formed ofthe arms or clip-bars F, secured at one end to the side bars, and extend outward therefrom, and have ears D formed on their outer ends. The body-springs Ghave their ends passed under the side bars and secured to the outer ends of the cliparms F, and secured at a point beyond the side bars, as shown. By this construction I am able to use a long spring with a narrow set of side bars, and these side bars swing on the connection with the bolster -springs as the bodysprings are depressed, as indicated in Fig. 3. I prefer to swing the side bars from the ends of the bolster-springs, as described, as

thereby greater 'elasticity and ease are given IOO on themselves and the springs, so as to at all the device; but it is manifest that where desired the side bars may be swung,` from rigid supports.

By the Construction described I provide an easy riding vehiele,and the elips are so formed as to protect the springs and take up all wear supported on the outer ends of the supports, substantially as set forth.

2. A elip for vehicle-springs,havingits side bars or arms provided at their outer ends l with inwardly-projected ears, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the bolster-spriugs7 the side bars having their ends supported on and depending,` from the said springs, the spring-supports secured rigidly to and projected laterally outward from the side bars, and the body-springs `having` their extremities supported on the outer ends of the supports, substantially as set forth,

4. A elip for vehicle-springs, having its side bars or arms provided at their outer ends` with inwardly-projeeted ears, and at their opposite ends with inwardly-projeeted feet or base-plates, movable one upon the other, sub stantially as set forth.

5. 'The eo1nbination,\vith the Swinging side bars, of the spring-supports rigidly secured to said bars, and the body-springs having,r their extremities secured on said supports7 substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

TILLI AM BO U G HT() \V il nesses:

(3i-ms. XV. Denen, C. E. KELLY. 

